Patents by Inventor Dean Warner

Dean Warner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100287933
    Abstract: A thermal energy storage apparatus capable of storing large quantities of heat uses a plurality of energy storage zones having essentially the same thermal energy storage capacity per zone. The flow of a fluid into each zone is separately and independently controlled thereby creating a modular system that is capable of responding to rapid changes in the supply of and/or demand for thermal energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Hassan S. NIKNAFS, Daniel C. Sherman, Dean Warner, Thomas Szymanski, Andrew Addie
  • Method for forming a system for treatment of a flowing material
    Publication number: 20090283479
    Abstract: A system for treatment of one or more flowing materials includes a support bed (32) comprising a plurality of support elements (34). The support bed may have a void fraction of at least 45%. An active bed (36), such as a bed of catalytic elements, may be supported by the support bed. The void fraction of the support bed may be larger than that of an equivalent bed of conventional, spherical elements, enabling significant improvements in the flow rate of reactants through the bed and/or a reduced pressure drop across the support bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Dean Warner, Hassan S. Niknafs, Daniel C. Sherman
  • Bed support media
    Patent number: 7566428
    Abstract: A system for treatment of one or more flowing materials includes a support bed (32) comprising a plurality of support elements (34). The support bed may have a void fraction of at least 45%. An active bed (36), such as a bed of catalytic elements, may be supported by the support bed. The void fraction of the support bed may be larger than that of an equivalent bed of conventional, spherical elements, enabling significant improvements in the flow rate of reactants through the bed and/or a reduced pressure drop across the support bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Warner, Hassan S. Niknafs, Daniel C. Sherman
  • Bed support media
    Publication number: 20060251555
    Abstract: A system for treatment of one or more flowing materials includes a support bed (32) comprising a plurality of support elements (34). The support bed may have a void fraction of at least 45%. An active bed (36), such as a bed of catalytic elements, may be supported by the support bed. The void fraction of the support bed may be larger than that of an equivalent bed of conventional, spherical elements, enabling significant improvements in the flow rate of reactants through the bed and/or a reduced pressure drop across the support bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Dean Warner, Hassan Niknafs, Daniel Sherman
  • Rotatable coffee maker
    Publication number: 20060213376
    Abstract: A coffeemaker includes a bottom of a coffeemaker adapted to be placed onto and supported by a surface. Three or more wheel assemblies are mounted onto the bottom of the coffeemaker. The wheel assemblies rotate in substantially a straight line. The wheel assemblies are mounted on an imaginary circle on the bottom of the coffeemaker, and the straight line of rotation of each of the wheels is substantially tangent to the imaginary circle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventor: Dean Warner
  • Bed support media
    Publication number: 20060204414
    Abstract: A system for treatment of one or more flowing materials includes a support bed (32) comprising a plurality of support elements (34). The support bed may have a void fraction of at least 45%. An active bed (36), such as a bed of catalytic elements, may be supported by the support bed. The void fraction of the support bed may be larger than that of an equivalent bed of conventional, spherical elements, enabling significant improvements in the flow rate of reactants through the bed and/or a reduced pressure drop across the support bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Dean Warner, Hassan Niknafs, Daniel Sherman
  • Air fry oven
    Patent number: D896019
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynda Musanta, David Yang, Dean Warner, Paul Blankenship, Seth A Lichtman